When it is yet on the root, and [though] it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?

Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:

For when he shall seem to be established, then he shall utterly perish, and those that knew him shall say, Where is he?

I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Lebanon.

Yet I passed by, and lo! He was not; and I sought him, but his place was not found.

And he followed her, being gently led on, as that of an ox led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a deer shot in the liver with an arrow:

and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life.

Boast not of tomorrow, for you do not know what the next day shall bring forth.

"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, and that Day come upon you unexpectedly.

For it will come as a snare on all those who live on the face of the whole earth.

For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, just as labor pains upon the woman that is pregnant, and they shall by no means escape.